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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 81-61?

It has. 81-61 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 83 times in 141,662 games. The first was Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns beat Loyola New Orleans Wolfpack on December 13, 2001; the latest was Gonzaga Bulldogs beat Oregon State Beavers on February 7, 2026.

Where 81-61 sits among nearby NCAA Men's Basketball scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 81-61 the 563rd most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 82-61 has happened 94 times and 81-62 has happened 117 times.

Every 81-61 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-02-07Gonzaga Bulldogs over Oregon State Beavers2026
2025-12-07North Carolina Tar Heels over Georgetown Hoyas2026
2025-11-17Clemson Tigers over North Alabama Lions2026
2025-11-12South Carolina Gamecocks over Presbyterian Blue Hose2026
2025-02-25Illinois Fighting Illini over Iowa Hawkeyes2025
2025-01-04Arizona State Sun Devils over Colorado Buffaloes2025
2025-01-02Purdue Boilermakers over Minnesota Golden Gophers2025
2024-11-27Missouri Tigers over Lindenwood Lions2025
2024-02-17Northwestern State Demons over Incarnate Word Cardinals2024
2023-11-10Kentucky Wildcats over Texas A&M-Commerce Lions2024
2023-03-16Texas Longhorns over Colgate Raiders2023Playoff
2023-03-04UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors2023
2023-01-28Northwestern Wildcats over Minnesota Golden Gophers2023
2023-01-19UTEP Miners over Florida International Panthers2023
2022-03-06Colgate Raiders over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2022
2022-02-10Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks over Chicago State Cougars2022
2021-01-16Tennessee Volunteers over Vanderbilt Commodores2021
2021-01-04Fresno State Bulldogs over Wyoming Cowboys2021
2020-12-19Niagara Purple Eagles over Fairfield Stags2021
2020-11-25Appalachian State Mountaineers over South Carolina State Bulldogs2021
2020-03-02Grambling Tigers over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils2020
2020-02-22Georgia Southern Eagles over UT Arlington Mavericks2020
2019-12-15Quinnipiac Bobcats over Maine Black Bears2020
2019-12-15South Florida Bulls over Drexel Dragons2020
2019-11-26Yale Bulldogs over Bucknell Bison2020
2018-11-26Wofford Terriers over South Carolina Gamecocks2019
2018-02-20Michigan State Spartans over Illinois Fighting Illini2018
2018-02-03East Tennessee State Buccaneers over Chattanooga Mocs2018
2018-01-20Villanova Wildcats over UConn Huskies2018
2018-01-13North Carolina Central Eagles over Coppin State Eagles2018
2017-02-02Fairfield Stags over Niagara Purple Eagles2017
2016-12-31Gonzaga Bulldogs over Pacific Tigers2017
2015-12-30New Mexico State Aggies over Arizona Christian Firestorm2016
2015-12-13Notre Dame Fighting Irish over Loyola Chicago Ramblers2016
2015-04-04Duke Blue Devils over Michigan State Spartans2015Playoff
2015-02-14Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors over Cal State Fullerton Titans2015
2015-01-21Baylor Bears over Huston-Tillotson Rams2015
2014-12-06South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Kansas City Roos2015
2014-11-22Alabama A&M Bulldogs over Oakwood Ambassadors2015
2014-01-04Columbia Lions over St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers2014
2013-12-21Indiana State Sycamores over IUPUI Jaguars2014
2013-03-02Robert Morris Colonials over Central Connecticut Blue Devils2013
2013-02-28Cal Poly Mustangs over Cal State Northridge Matadors2013
2013-02-16Kansas State Wildcats over Baylor Bears2013
2013-01-19Richmond Spiders over Charlotte 49ers2013
2012-02-18St. Bonaventure Bonnies over Rhode Island Rams2012
2011-12-23George Mason Patriots over Manhattan Jaspers2012
2011-11-26Loyola Marymount Lions over Northern Arizona Lumberjacks2012
2011-03-10Alabama State Hornets over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2011
2011-02-15Oral Roberts Golden Eagles over Centenary Louisiana Gentlemen2011
2011-02-05Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over UL Monroe Warhawks2011
2011-01-29Furman Paladins over Appalachian State Mountaineers2011
2010-03-17Virginia Tech Hokies over Quinnipiac Bobcats2010Playoff
2010-02-21Binghamton Bearcats over UMBC Retrievers2010
2009-11-13Chicago State Cougars over Concordia Illinois Cougars2010
2009-02-04UAB Blazers over Tulane Green Wave2009
2008-12-28California Golden Bears over Portland Pilots2009
2008-12-13UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Loyola Marymount Lions2009
2008-12-05East Tennessee State Buccaneers over Mercer Bears2009
2008-03-21Butler Bulldogs over South Alabama Jaguars2008Playoff
2008-02-28South Alabama Jaguars over New Orleans Privateers2008
2008-02-20Southern Miss Golden Eagles over SMU Mustangs2008
2008-02-09Georgia Southern Eagles over Chattanooga Mocs2008
2008-01-13West Virginia Mountaineers over Syracuse Orange2008
2008-01-05Wofford Terriers over West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats2008
2007-12-07UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Utah Valley Wolverines2008
2007-01-06Sam Houston Bearkats over Nicholls Colonels2007
2006-02-03Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors over Idaho Vandals2006
2006-02-01Marquette Golden Eagles over St. John's Red Storm2006
2005-01-08Chattanooga Mocs over Western Carolina Catamounts2005
2004-03-02Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Samford Bulldogs2004
2004-02-19Wright State Raiders over Youngstown State Penguins2004
2004-01-08Rice Owls over Boise State Broncos2004
2003-12-22Arizona State Sun Devils over McNeese Cowboys2004
2003-12-06Southern Miss Golden Eagles over Samford Bulldogs2004
2003-01-25East Tennessee State Buccaneers over Wofford Terriers2003
2002-12-30Troy Trojans over Alabama State Hornets2003
2002-12-30Montana Grizzlies over Southern Utah Thunderbirds2003
2002-12-06Cleveland State Vikings over Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks2003
2002-11-23Baylor Bears over Alcorn State Braves2003
2002-01-12Fairleigh Dickinson Knights over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2002
2002-01-11Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors over Louisiana Tech Bulldogs2002
2001-12-13Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Loyola New Orleans Wolfpack2002
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